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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM
8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2020
 
         
Commission
File Number
 
Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter, address of principal executive
offices and registrant’s telephone number
 
IRS Employer
Identification Number
1-14465
 
IDACORP, Inc.
 
82-0505802
1-3198
 
Idaho Power Company
 
82-0130980
 
 
 
 
1221 W. Idaho Street
Boise, ID 83702-5627
(208)
388-2200
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation: Idaho
Former name or former address, if changed since last report: None
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
 
 
 
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
 
 
 
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
 
 
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
         
Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common Stock
 
IDA
 
New York Stock Exchange
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule
12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§
240.12b-2
of this chapter).
Emerging growth company  ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  
 
 

Item 8.01
Other Events
 
 
 
On March 31, 2020, Idaho Power Company (“Idaho Power”) entered into a Terms Agreement (the “Terms Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and BofA Securities, Inc., as purchasers, whereby Idaho Power agreed to sell and the purchasers agreed to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions expressed therein, $230,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Idaho Power’s 4.20% First Mortgage Bonds due 2048, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series K (the “Bonds”) in a reopening of the existing series of previously issued and outstanding 4.20% First Mortgage Bonds due 2048, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series K. The Bonds are expected to be issued on April 3, 2020, subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the Terms Agreement and in the Selling Agency Agreement (the “Selling Agency Agreement”), dated September 27, 2016, between Idaho Power and each of BofA Securities, Inc., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
The Terms Agreement and the Selling Agency Agreement contain representations, warranties and agreements of Idaho Power, customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The Terms Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto. The Selling Agency Agreement was previously filed as Exhibit 1.1 to Idaho Power’s Current Report on Form
8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2016.
In addition, Idaho Power and IDACORP, Inc. are filing this Current Report on Form
8-K
to supplement the risk factors described in Item 1A of the Idaho Power and IDACORP, Inc.’s combined Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. The following risk factor disclosure should be read in conjunction with the risk factors described in the combined Annual Report on Form
10-K:
The recent COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak could adversely affect our business functions, financial condition and results of operations.
The recent
COVID-19
coronavirus outbreak has resulted in widespread impacts on the global economy and on our employees, customers, contractors, and suppliers. There is considerable uncertainty regarding the extent to which the coronavirus will spread and the extent and duration of measures to try to contain the virus, such as travel bans and restrictions, quarantines,
shelter-in-place
orders (including those in effect in our service area in the states of Idaho and Oregon), and business and government shutdowns. Restrictions of this nature may cause us or our contractors to miss milestones on construction projects and experience operational delays, delay the delivery of electrical infrastructure and other supplies that we source from around the globe, delay the connection of electric service to new customers, prolong the time period necessary to perform maintenance of our infrastructure, and significantly reduce the use of electricity by commercial and industrial customers.
Further, while we have modified certain business and workforce practices (including employee travel, employee work locations, and cancellation of physical participation in meetings, events, and conferences) to conform to government restrictions and best practices encouraged by government and regulatory authorities, we have a limited number of highly skilled operators for some of our critical power plants and our grid operations centers. If a large proportion of our employees in those critical facilities were to contract
COVID-19
at the same time, we would rely upon our business continuity plans in an effort to continue operations at those facilities, but there is no certainty that such measures will be sufficient to mitigate the adverse impact to our operations.
Additionally, the effects of
COVID-19
on the U.S. capital markets may significantly impact Idaho Power. For example, the costs related to the noncontributory defined benefit pension plan we provide to Idaho Power employees, as well as a defined benefit postretirement benefit plan (consisting of health care and death benefits) that covers eligible retirees, are based in part on the value of the plans’ assets and, therefore, adverse investment performance for these assets or the failure to maintain sustained growth in pension investments over time could increase our plan costs and funding requirements related to the plans. Similarly, we rely on access to the capital markets to fund our capital requirements. To the extent that access to the capital markets is adversely affected by
COVID-19,
we may need to consider alternative sources of funding for our operations and for working capital, which may increase our cost of, as well as adversely impact our access to, capital. These uncertain economic conditions may also result in the inability of our customers to pay for electric service, which could affect the collectability of our revenues and adversely affect our financial results.

The degree to which
COVID-19
may impact our liquidity, financial condition and results of operations is unknown at this time and will depend on future developments, including the ultimate geographic spread of the virus, the severity of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, actions that may be taken by governmental authorities, and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
         
Exhibit
No.
 
 
Description
 
 
 
 
 
 
    1.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    1.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    5.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  23.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.INS
 
 
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.SCH
 
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.CAL
 
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.LAB
 
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.PRE
 
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.DEF
 
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
104
 
 
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101.)
 
 
 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: April 1, 2020
     
IDACORP, INC.
     
By:
 
/s/ Brian R. Buckham
 
Brian R. Buckham
 
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
 
 
 
     
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
     
By:
 
/s/ Brian R. Buckham
 
Brian R. Buckham
 
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
 
 
 
 

Exhibit 1.1

Idaho Power Company

First Mortgage Bonds,

Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series K

TERMS AGREEMENT

March 31, 2020

Idaho Power Company

1221 W. Idaho St.

Boise, Idaho 83702-5627

Attention: Mr. Kenneth W. Petersen

Subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Selling Agency Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated September 27, 2016, between each of BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., BofA Securities, Inc. (as successor in interest to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated), MUFG Securities Americas Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and you, as modified herein, each of the undersigned agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the respective principal amount of 4.20% First Mortgage Bonds due 2048 (the “Notes”) of Idaho Power Company set forth opposite its name below having the terms indicated below:

 

Name

   Principal Amount
of Notes
 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 55,200,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     59,800,000  

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

     34,500,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     34,500,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     34,500,000  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     11,500,000  

Total

   $ 230,000,000  

 

Identification of Notes:

   The Notes shall be designated 4.20% First Mortgage Bonds due 2048

Aggregate Principal Amount:

   $230,000,000

Original Issue Date:

   April 3, 2020

Original Interest Accrual Date:

   March 1, 2020

Interest Rate:

   4.20% per annum

Maturity Date:

   March 1, 2048

Interest Payment Dates:

   March 1 and September 1, commencing September 1, 2020

Regular Record Dates:

   February 15 and August 15

Discount or Commission:

   0.750% of Principal Amount


Purchase Price (Price to be paid to Idaho Power Company after discount or commission):    113.013% of Principal Amount1
Price to Public:    113.763% of Principal Amount1
Purchase Date (Closing Date):    April 3, 2020
Applicable Time:    March 31, 2020 at 5:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Place for Delivery of Notes and Payment Therefor:   

Perkins Coie LLP

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

Seattle, WA 98101

Method of Payment:    Wire transfer of immediately available funds as set forth in the Procedures attached to the Agreement
Redemption Provisions, if any:    See “Optional Redemption” below
Pricing Disclosure Package:    See Annex I and Annex II. The “Final Term Sheet” referred to in the Agreement and this Terms Agreement shall mean, with respect to the Notes, the final term sheet, dated March 31, 2020, relating to the Notes, as filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act in the form attached to this Terms Agreement as Annex II.
Modification, if any, in the requirements to deliver the documents specified in Section 6(b) of the Agreement:    The undersigned shall have received the documents specified in Section 6(b)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the Agreement, each dated as of the Closing Date
Period during which additional Notes may not be sold pursuant to Section 4(1) of the Agreement:    30 days
Qualified Reopening:    The Notes will form part of your 4.20% First Mortgage Bonds due 2048 and, other than the Original Issue Date, Original Interest Accrual Date and Price to Public, will have the same terms as, with the same CUSIP number as, and will be fungible with, the other first mortgage bonds of this series issued by you on March 16, 2018. After giving effect to this offering, the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding first mortgage bonds of this series will be $450 million.

 

1

Plus accrued interest from and including March 1, 2020 to, but excluding, April 3, 2020, in the aggregate amount of $858,666.67, and accrued interest, if any, from April 3, 2020, if settlement occurs after that date.


Syndicate Provisions

If any one or more of the undersigned shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Notes agreed to be purchased by it hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Terms Agreement, the remaining of the undersigned shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amounts of Notes set forth opposite its or their name above bears to the aggregate amount of Notes set forth opposite the names of all the remaining undersigned above) the Notes which the defaulting undersigned agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Notes which it or they agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Notes, the remaining of the undersigned shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Notes, and if they do not purchase any of the Notes within 36 hours after such default, the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure another party or other parties reasonably satisfactory to J.P Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, to purchase the Notes. If the Company fails to procure another party to purchase the Notes within such period, this Terms Agreement will terminate without liability to any non-defaulting undersigned except as provided in Section 10 of the Agreement. In the event of any default as described herein, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five (5) business days, as J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, shall determine in order that the required changes in the pricing supplement or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Terms Agreement shall relieve any of the undersigned that shall default of any liability for damages occasioned by such default.

Optional Redemption

The Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes, in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, prior to the maturity date, as follows:

 

   

Prior to September 1, 2047, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

   

100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and

 

   

as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal on the Notes to be redeemed and interest thereon (not including any portion of payments of interest accrued as of the date fixed for redemption), discounted to the date fixed for redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below), plus 20 basis points,

 

   

On or after September 1, 2047, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,

plus in any case interest accrued and unpaid on the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed to the date fixed for redemption.

The Company will mail notice of any redemption at least 30 days before the date fixed for redemption to each registered holder of the Notes to be redeemed.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any date fixed for redemption, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such date.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any date fixed for redemption, (a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such date, or (b) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all the quotations received.


“Independent Investment Banker” means any one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any date fixed for redemption, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the third business day preceding the date fixed for redemption.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of (1) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and their respective successors, unless any of them ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), in which case the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company.

This Terms Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Capitalized terms used in this Terms Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

Additional Modifications to the Agreement

For purposes of this Terms Agreement, the Agreement shall also be deemed to be modified as follows:

1. All references to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-231555-01); all references to the Base Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to the Company’s prospectus dated May 17, 2019 relating to the Securities contained in such registration statement; all references to the Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to refer to the Company’s prospectus supplement dated March 31, 2020 relating to the Notes; and all references to the Bond Application shall be deemed to refer to the Company’s Bond Application dated March 30, 2020.

2. The reference in Section 1(e)(i) (and corresponding references in Exhibit D-1 and Exhibit E) to “May 31, 2019” shall be deemed to be replaced with “May 31, 2022”.

3. The references in Sections 1(f) and 1(h) to “December 31, 2015” and “June 30, 2016”, respectively, shall be deemed to be replaced with “December 31, 2019”.

4. There shall be deemed to be added the following new section 1(p):

“(p) (i) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company is not aware of any security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and databases (including the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”); (ii) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have been notified of, and each of them have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data; and (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT


Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Data reasonably consistent with industry standards and practices, or as required by applicable regulatory standards.”

5. There shall be deemed to be added the following new section 15:

“15. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a)    In the event that any Agent that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Agent of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

(b)    In the event that any Agent that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Agent becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Agent are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

For purposes of this Agreement, (A) “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k); (B) “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b); (C) “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and (D) “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.”


This Terms Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC                    WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
By:   

/s/ Robert Bottamedi

      By:   

/s/ Carolyn Hurley

Name:    Robert Bottamedi       Name:    Carolyn Hurley
Title:    Executive Director       Title:    Director
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC.       MUFG SECURITIES AMERICAS INC.
By:   

/s/ Eamon McDermott

      By:   

/s/ Richard Testa

Name:    Eamon McDermott       Name:    Richard Testa
Title:    Managing Director       Title:    Managing Director
U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC.       BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
By:   

/s/ Brent Kreissl

      By:   

/s/ Laurie Campbell

Name:    Brent Kreissl       Name:    Laurie Campbell
Title:    Managing Director       Title:    Managing Director
Accepted:         
IDAHO POWER COMPANY         
By:   

/s/ Kenneth W. Petersen

        
Name:    Kenneth W. Petersen         
Title:    Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer         

[Signature Page to 30-year Notes Terms Agreement]


ANNEX I

Documents included in the Pricing Disclosure Package

 

1.

Prospectus, dated May 17, 2019, for Idaho Power Company First Mortgage Bonds and Debt Securities.

 

2.

Prospectus Supplement, dated March 31, 2020, for First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series K, of Idaho Power Company, including all documents incorporated therein as of the Applicable Time.

 

3.

Final Term Sheet, dated March 31, 2020, relating to the Notes, as filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act in the form attached to this Terms Agreement as Annex II.


ANNEX II

[    ], 2020

Form of Final Term Sheet

[    ]% First Mortgage Bonds due [    ]

Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series K

IDAHO POWER COMPANY

 

Issuer:

   Interest Payment Dates:

Trade Date:

   Redemption:

Original Issue Date/Settlement Date:

   Maturity Date:

Principal Amount:

   CUSIP:

Price to Public:

   Purchasers:

Purchasers’ Discount:

  

Proceeds to the Company:

  

Interest Rate:

  

Anticipated Ratings:*

  

Anticipated Use of Proceeds:

  

 

*

A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to review, revision, suspension or withdrawal at any time.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, collect at 1-212-834-4533 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, toll free at 1-800-645-3751.

Exhibit 5.1

April 1, 2020

Idaho Power Company

1221 West Idaho Street

Boise, Idaho 83702-5627

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Idaho Power Company, an Idaho corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance of $230,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.20% First Mortgage Bonds due 2048, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series K (the “Notes”) in a reopening of the existing series of previously issued and outstanding 4.20% First Mortgage Bonds due 2048, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series K, pursuant to that certain registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-231555-01) filed on May 17, 2019 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its first mortgage bonds and unsecured debt securities. The Registration Statement became effective on May 17, 2019. The prospectus dated May 17, 2019 included in the Registration Statement (the “Base Prospectus”) has been supplemented by a prospectus supplement, dated March 31, 2020 relating to $230,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series K (the “Prospectus Supplement”) and Pricing Supplement No. 1 (“Pricing Supplement”), dated March 31, 2020, relating to the Notes. The Notes will be issued and sold pursuant to the Selling Agency Agreement, dated September 27, 2016 (the “Agency Agreement”), between the Company and the agents named therein and the Terms Agreement, dated March 31, 2020, between the Company and the purchasers named therein relating to the Notes (the “Terms Agreement”).

The Notes will be issued pursuant to the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of October 1, 1937 between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (formerly known as Bankers Trust Company) (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by all indentures supplemental thereto, including the Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2016, relating to the Medium-Term Notes (the “First Mortgage Bond Indenture”).

For purposes of this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of (a) the Registration Statement, (b) the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement and the Pricing Supplement (collectively, the “Prospectus”), (c) the Terms Agreement, (d) the First Mortgage Bond Indenture, (e) the Notes, (f) the Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and the Amended Bylaws of the Company, as amended and (g) such other instruments, certificates records and documents, and such matters of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion (items (a) through (g) above


Idaho Power Company

April 1, 2020

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collectively, the “Transaction Documents”). In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to any facts material to our opinion, we have, when relevant facts were not independently established, relied on the Transaction Documents. We have assumed that the First Mortgage Bond Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that when the Notes shall have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the First Mortgage Bond Indenture and delivered and paid for as contemplated in the Agency Agreement, the Terms Agreement and the Prospectus, the Notes will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws affecting mortgagees’ and other creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.

Our opinion expressed above is limited to the laws of the States of Idaho, New York and the federal laws of the United States.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 1, 2020. In giving such consent, we do not thereby concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Perkins Coie LLP

Perkins Coie LLP